What does the Seventh Petition mean?

Luther's Small Catechism

What does the Seventh Petition mean?

Lord's Prayer
Question 332
Luther's Small Catechism
Luther's Small Catechism

Luther's Small Catechism

What does the Seventh Petition mean?

Lord's Prayer
Question 332

Question

What does the Seventh Petition mean?

Answer

But deliver us from evil.

That is...

We pray in this petition, in general, that our Father in heaven would deliver us from all evil, affecting body and soul, property and honor, and at last grant us a blessed end, and graciously take us from this world of sorrow to Himself in heaven.

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